Absinthe is a high volume alcoholic drink (up to 89.9% in the UK) which contains a hallucinogenic ingredient called Wormwood and is banned in the United States.
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The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.
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Men are twice as likely to be binge drinkers than women.
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Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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There's a new vaccine for alcoholism that gives drinkers an immediate and harsh hangover, even if they drink a small amount of booze.
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Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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